Extract from MINFILE No 104A 010:
Development status: Prospect
Name: SPIDER 3 (L. 4174), SPIDER, SPIDER 1-3 (L. 4172-4174)
The Spider 3 occurrence is located about 500 metres northeast of the northern tip of Long lake, approximately 400 metres east of the Cascade River.
The Spider 1-3 claims (L. 4172-4174) were staked in 1918 by Hamilton and Larsen and optioned briefly the following year to Trites and Wood who carried out minor development work. In 1919, the Algunican Development Company Ltd. optioned the property and commenced exploration work. During 1919-20, a 213-metre long tunnel and a raise were completed on the No. 2 vein (described as the No. 5 vein in 1920), some drilling was performed on the No. 1 vein and open- cutting was done on the No. 3 vein. A southwest-trending crosscut was completed from the southeastern end of the tunnel to intersect the No. 3 vein at depth. The option was dropped in 1920. In 1925, B.C. Bonanza Mines Ltd. acquired the property. Open drifting was carried out that year on the No. 3 vein. The company also sorted and sacked ore, 1.8 tonnes from the dump of the old tunnel (No. 2 vein?) averaged 15.8 grams per tonne gold, 13,176.1 grams per tonne silver, 9 per cent lead and 13 per cent zinc and. From the opencut on the No. 3 vein, 4.5 tonnes assayed 15.1 grams per tonne gold, 12,531.5 grams per tonne silver, 8.4 per cent lead and 13.6 per cent zinc (Minister of Mines Annual Report, 1925, p. 107). In 1927, 1.2 tonnes were shipped and 9,611 grams of silver were recovered. The property subsequently lapsed and was purchased by Collart in 1934. In 1934, drifting to the southeast, from the end of the long tunnel and possibly on the No. 3 vein, and a raise above this drift were reported. In 1936, 2 adits were reported on the No. 3 vein and a small stope was noted in the tunnel on the No. 2 vein. Leasees carried out high grading operations during 1933-35.
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